THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.14042 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of pre- arrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.3 in Crime No.517 of 2025 before the Chilkalguda Police Station, Hyderabad.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the de facto complainant lodged a complaint against the petitioner and the other accused alleging that he had been blackmailed and extorted by certain persons who recorded his private videos and threatened to publish them unless he paid large sums of money. The complainant claimed to have transferred about Rs.66,00,000/- to the main accused, Mahesh Reddy. During investigation, the police arrested accused No.1 on 04.10.2025, and based on his alleged confession, the name of the petitioner was included in the case.

3. Heard Sri G. Rajeshwar Rao, learned counsel representing SriShashank Grige, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent - State.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted tha